Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is vague on whether its members of parliament would back the impeachment proceedings of President Peter Mutharika. Civil society organisations under the banner Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) are lobbying members of parliament to impeach Mutharika on charges of arrogance, impunity, intolerance, tribalism, regionalism, nepotism, favouritism and incompetence. […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said it is backing Human Rights Defenders (HRD) bid for Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya to summon an emergency Parliament meeting to consider impeaching President Peter Mutharika following his alleged involvement in the K2.7 billion Malawi Police Service (MPS) fraud. MCP Secretary General Eisenhower Mkaka said the party is ready […]
Malawi’s Parliament has laid down impeachment procedures for a sitting president, Parliamentary Legal Affairs chairperson Maxwell Thyolera has clarified after Malawi Law Society (MLS) issued a statement calling on the House to ensure they have the provision of impeachment procedures. In the statement, the lawyers said the House should have clearly laid down impeachment procedures […]
Mzuzu City member of Parliament (MP) Leonard Njikho is snubbing a petition he has receivied which is calling him to move a motion to impeache President Peter Mutharika due to among others “gross incompetence”. The petition has been signed by over 36,000 people led by taskforce chairperson Andrew Longwe and Sandra Kamanga, seeking impeachment of President Mutharika. It […]